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Willmar's Badal Ali, right, dribbles the ball upfield while pursued by Josh Miller of Central Minnesota Christian during the first half at Kennedy Field in Willmar on Saturday. Ali scored three goals and Willmar won 9-2. Tribune photo by Rand Middleton

Covers Willmar and area high schools and Ridgewater College, plus amateur baseball, stock car racing and fitness events in summer. Writes weekly column since 1980. Began working in radio and at weekly newspaper in Munising, Michigan, in 1972. Started parttime at West Central Daily Tribune Sept. 1974. Fulltime beginning Feb. 1979. Married to Tribune news clerk Donna (Miller) Middleton, formerly of Kerkhoven. 2 grown children.